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Experts Say Internet 'Mega' Attacks Are on the Rise (fortune.com)
An anonymous reader shares a Fortune report:The phenomenon of hackers knocking websites offline with massive floods of Internet traffic is nothing new. But the pattern of these so-called DDoS attacks (for "distributed denial of service") is changing, according to a new report from internet provider Akamai. The report, published on Tuesday, suggests the overall number of DDoS attacks has not risen significantly in 2016, but that the force of these attacks is increasing. Akamai says it confronted 19 "mega attacks" in the third quarter of this year, including the two biggest it has ever encountered in history. "It's interesting that while the overall number of attacks fell by 8% quarter over quarter, the number of large attacks, as well as the size of the biggest attacks, grew significantly," said the report.
I'd just love to see the panic on peoples' faces, especially the most recent generation which doesn't seem to know how to carry on a real live, meatspace interaction without it.....
Hell, turn them off for maybe a couple of weeks and give everyone a break.
It would be amazing to see what actually gets done during that outtage......
Light travels faster than sound. This is why some people appear bright until you hear them speak.........
He is old enough to know that "facebook and twitter" are mere placeholders for $latest_trendy_social_platform. Like it mattered in the slightest which particular platform that actually is. Now get off our lawn, PFY.
CLI paste? paste.pr0.tips!
There is a big difference between Facegram and Twitterchat, old man!